About me:

I am an assistant professor of history at West Virginia University, where I specialize in African American History, labor history, social movements, and hip-hop culture.

I am working on two books: The Quest for Democracy: Black Power, New Left, and Progressive Politics in the Post-Industrial Midwest, under contract with the University of North Carolina Press, and an untitled manuscript about De La Soul under contract with One Signal/Simon & Schuster. This manuscript contextualizes De La Soul within Black and U.S. culture since the 1980s. I have also published several articles and book chapters regarding U.S. labor history, policing in America, and mass incarceration.

In addition to my manuscripts, my work has appeared in numerous popular media outlets. I have written for CNN, The Baffler, the Washington Post, Black Perspectives (the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society), and Truthout.

I also participated in campus and community organizing around racial justice and policing in Ann Arbor while attending the University of Michigan. I have also led and facilitated numerous workshops with student organizations and community groups around issues related to racism, policing, and labor.

Contact Me:  auscmccoy@gmail.com
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